{"id":21929,"date":"2026-02-10T16:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/will-the-gulfs-push-for-its-own-ai-succeed\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:37:17","slug":"will-the-gulfs-push-for-its-own-ai-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/will-the-gulfs-push-for-its-own-ai-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the Gulf\u2019s push for its own AI succeed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tech giants Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta to collectively invest $600bn on artificial intelligence this year<\/p>\n<p>Hello, and welcome to TechScape. Today in tech, we\u2019re discussing the Persian Gulf countries making a play for sovereignty over their own artificial intelligence in response to an unstable United States. 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